Charlton 1-1 West Brom

It could have been a lot worse, but then again it could have been a lot better.

Once again, a different starting line up with Semedo preferred to Zhi in the centre of midfield and Gray starting up front with Lita. The change to 4-4-2 helped Semedo immensely and he looked twice the player he was against Ipswich, although the extra strike partner didn't seem to help Lita very much.

The match wasn't a particularly electric affair and it was a slightly scrappy headed goal from Halford that put our noses in front. Personally, I was pleased to see him score as he has been receiving the brunt of many supporters' frustration recently and he managed to get (most of) them off his back with a decent display.

Unfortunately, when you leave the league's top goal scorer with enough space in your penalty box to have a picnic you will pay the price. And so it proved when Kevin Phillips was given the time to lash in a strike from the underside of the cross bar. Losing the lead three times in our last four matches (all against promotion rivals) hasn't been particularly clever and I can't help but feel it will cost us in the final reckoning.

The second half was largely forgettable , especially when Chris Iwelumo came on and we reverted to long ball football within seconds. Zoltan Gera's shot against the crossbar a couple of minutes from time was perhaps a sign that we should just have been grateful to have stopped the rot and walked away with a point. Up two places, although the teams below us have games in hand.

I'm feeling slightly underwhelmed by it all at the moment to be honest. It doesn't seem that long ago that we beat Stoke and were only four points from top spot, ready for 'the final push'. Unfortunately any grandiose aspirations have been extinguished in recent weeks and Pards is left scraping around for 'four or five' wins out of the last six just to get into the play offs. Our recent form suggests this to be unlikely.

For now I'm going to enjoy my Easter eggs and hope that some of our rivals for the play off spots trip over themselves tomorrow. Enjoy your chocolate.